On 18/08/07, David Díaz Díaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a question, maybe silly question, about to how can I change the MPM > on an Apache Installed, let me explain I have Apache 2.2.4 running on Fedora > Core 5 with PHP 5 and Mysql 5; I've installed the apache with default > options, "configure --enable-so", I saw that default MPM installed was > prefork, but now I want to changed it for worker MPM... > > How can I do it?, I need recompile the apache "--with-mpm=worker"... I know > this list it's for apache, what is the appropiate MPM Apache that works > better with php? > regards
Had you stuck with the RPM, you'd be able to just edit /etc/sysconfig/httpd so switch to the /usr/sbin/httpd-worker server binary. However, I don't think running PHP with worker is terribly advisable unless under controlled conditions. Aside from the oft-noted thread safety issues in 'some' php extensions, there's also the potential side effects of PHP crashing. There are multiple known methods for causing mod_php to crash based on things like URL crafting. In prefork that's not a really big deal as the parent will just spawn a new child and carry on but with worker you'll be taking out many requests at the same time. This is all based on hearsay; I've never tried php and worker in production, but they seem fine on my development box. -- noodl
